March 16, 2023 | Harding Sports | Harding University has announced the hiring of Weston Jameson as its new head men’s basketball coach. Jameson, a former assistant coach for the women’s basketball programs at Abilene Christian University and Arkansas State University, will return to Harding where he previously served as a women’s assistant coach for five seasons. He will be replacing former coach and current
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Feb. 21, 2023 | Harding Sports | Harding University’s Jeff Morgan will retire as head men’s basketball coach at the end of the 2022-23 season but will continue serving as the University’s athletic director. Morgan is in his 30th season as head coach at Harding and is the winningest coach in program history with 448 victories. He ranks fourth in career victories among coaches at
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Nov. 17, 2022 | Engineering & Physics | During summer 2022, Dr. Will Waldron and Dr. Taylor Williams, professors in the Department of Engineering and Physics, completed their doctoral degrees. Dr. Waldron graduated from Harding in 2014 with a bachelor’s in mathematics and physics. In summer 2015, he earned a master’s in physics from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He worked at Dynetics, Inc.
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Oct. 31, 2022 | Harding University has appointed Dr. Andrea Morris as assistant to the provost for strategic initiatives. Morris will serve alongside Dr. Marty Spears, University provost. In this new role she will work with faculty, students and the community to build bridges that lead to healthy and vital communities in Arkansas. “Dr. Morris is a valuable addition to the academic leadership team at
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Oct. 5, 2022 | The National Science Foundation has awarded Harding University Associate Professor James Huff and Oregon State University Professor Shane Brown a grant for $456,631 for their research titled Understanding and Improving Design Activity Engagement in the Engineering Capstone Experience. “The central activity of what most engineers do is design, a process that involves understanding human needs and creatively generating solutions to meet
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Aug. 24, 2022 | Presidential Inauguration | Harding University will celebrate the inauguration of Dr. Michael D. Williams, the University’s sixth president, at 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 16. Dr. Robert C. Walker, chairman of Harding’s board of trustees, announced this selection on Oct. 27, 2021. Williams assumed the presidency on June 1, 2022, receiving the baton of leadership from Dr. David B. Burks. Williams’ inauguration
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Harding University appointed Dr. Jean-Noel Thompson as executive vice president June 1. Thompson will serve alongside President Mike Williams as he begins his tenure. “Dr. Thompson is a highly talented, Spirit-led leader who will be intimately engaged with the entire University community,” Williams said. “He wants nothing more than to build a relational and supportive culture.” Thompson previously served as vice president for student services
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June 1, 2022 | President | Harding University’s sixth president, Dr. Mike Williams, begins his tenure Wednesday, June 1, 2022. He steps into this role ahead of the University’s centennial anniversary. “We are passionate about making a Christian education a reality for a new era of emerging adults. … This consequential moment in our history provides us with a time to be introspective as we
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When inclement weather forced Harding classes to go online last school year, one student made a connection she will never forget. Dr. Anita Killins, professor of physical therapy, was in an online meeting with one of her graduate students, Nakia Trotter, when her husband walked past the camera. “When she saw my husband, she stopped talking and asked for his attention,” Anita said. “She said,
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Director and Professor of Cardiac Function and Interventional Technology What is the Master of Science in cardiac function and interventional technology program? A master’s program in cardiac function and interventional technology, it’s the first degree-based program in the country. There are three certificate-based programs like it, but this is the first one to actually give a degree, so that’s one thing that’s unique. We’re training
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